MCKENZIE, William Thomas
| Service Numbers: | VX53319, V37248 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Foster, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1921 |
| Home Town: | Mirboo East, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1975, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX53319, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Oct 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX53319, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V37248, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V37248, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bill was the eldest child of Alexander (Alex) William McKenzie (b1891 in Ballan, Victoria) and Marion (Kitty) Kate Crole (b1895 in Meeniyan, Victoria). Alex - a Farm Labourer - and Kitty married in 1919 at Meeniyan, Victoria. Alex had served in WWI (Gunner, Private: Service No:14716) and was WiA in 1918. Alex and Kitty settled at Gunyah, Morwell, Gippsland, Victoria where they raised their family and Alex was a Farmer. By 1967 they retired to Phillip Island.
Bill was a Farmer when he enlsited in the Militia in 1939 (Private, Service No:335121) serving with 29/22 Battalion. He served as a Private (Service Nos:VX37248/VX53319) with 22 Infantry Battalion and 2/17 Battalion and was Discharged in 1944.
Returning to Mirboo, Bill was a Farmer and in 1949 married Olive Muriel Bellingham (b1928 in Gippsland, Victoria). Bill and Olive settled in Mirboo, where Bill was a Farmer before relocating to Denison in Gippsland. By 1970 Bill had retired and he and Olive settled in Sale, where Bill died in 1975 and Olive in 2016.